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Serving KU for 77 of its 101 Years
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77th Year, No.10
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LAWRENCE, KANSAS
Friday, September 30, 1966
—Photo by Tim Switzer
DR. GERALD EHRENREICH ADDRESSES KU STUDENTS in the Kansas Union. His topic was "Sex Ethic."
First bids offered for press building
Preliminary bids are in for the new University Printing Service building to be constructed at KU
The low base bidder for the construction of the building itself was the Constant Construction Co. of Lawrence with $164,-400.
Huxtable Electric Co. of Lawrence was the low base bidder
for the electrical wiring of the new building with $49,590.
The low base bid for plumbing, heating and air conditioning was $66,600 by Giske Sheet Metal Co. of Kansas City, Mo.
Final decisions will not be made until University and state officials discuss the project.
"I estimate final decisions will be made within two weeks," Vice Chancellor Keith Lawton said.
Humanists discuss basis for sex ethics
By DAN AUSTIN
Christianity or psychoanalysis as man's earthly salvation evoked debate between a KU Medical Center psychologist and a campus religious organizer in the Kansas Union Big Eight Room last night.
More than 250 heard Gerald A. Ehrenreich, associate professor of psychiatry and originator of a suit testing the Kansas loyalty oath, lecture on the humanistic sex ethic.
AFTER EHRENREICH finished his 30 minute speech, Karl Dennison, state coordinator of the Campus Crusade for Christ, rose to call parts of Ehrenreich's speech "immoral and sinful" in viewpoint.
Dennison was referring to Ehrenreich's comment that the psychoanalyst looks for meaning in a sex act while many Christians
are prevented from doing so by "religious dogma."
"Christ is not cutting off your fun." Dennison said, "but He demands purity—sex ethic as applies to Christianity is very pure."
Ehrenreich explained that although he is a member of the board of directors of the American Humanist Association, he was expressing his personal beliefs.
"THE HUMANIST is concerned with the individual, with rational thought and scientific inquiry," Ehrenreich said.
Elaborating on the approach of psychoanalysis to sex, Ehrenreich said, "No sex act is immoral, but any sex act may be immoral depending on the attitude in which it was carried out."
With Ehrenreich and Dennison at the speaker's stand were Howard Kahane, associate professor
of philosophy at KU, and the Rev. Donald Conrad of the KU Lutheran Students Association.
Kahane told the audience that he disagreed almost entirely with Dennison's rebuttal of Ehrenreich's speech.
"RELIGION IS responsible for any guilt feelings a person may have about sexual intercourse but you (Dennison) somehow blame those feelings on the psychoanalyst," Kahane said.
The Rev. Conrad provided a middle ground for the debate.
"I think humanism and Christianity are very close, not far apart," Rev. Conrad said.
Ehrenreich clarifies beliefs on loyalty oath
The Board of Regents, aware of
In town to speak on the humanist sex ethic, George A. Ehrenreich, a KU Medical Center professor, explained the reason for his suit testing the Kansas loyalty oath.
During the debate, Don Olson, Lawrence junior and moderator, passed around a petition supporting Ehrenreich's suit against the loyalty oath.
"I had taken a loyalty oath in 1962 when I was elected to the Johnson County school board and it made me uneasy," Ehrenreich said, "so I decided I'd never sign another."
Ehrenreich said after he failed to sign the oath, he failed to receive pay from the state. The stoppage of his paychecks was a clerical error, however.
EHRENREICH'S opportunity to sign another oath came in February this year when the medical center decided to pay him from state funds instead of private.
Ehrenreich's refusal to sign the oath, reappointed him as an associate professor. This time, however, he was to receive private instead of state funds.
Acting on advice from the American Civil Liberties Union, Ehrenreich and 13 other professors brought suit against the Board of Regents, the attorney general, KU Chancellor W. Clarke Wescoe and the presidents of Wichita and Kansas State Universities. The suit, planned since July, was filed in U.S. District Court Sept. 20.
Ehrenreich, chairman of the Greater Kansas City chapter of the ACLU, says he has always been interested in civil liberties.
"I think there ought to be a lot more people interested in civil liberties," Ehrenreich said.
Saigon returnee speaks
Vietnamese systems viewed
By PATRICIA PRUITT
"An American going to Viet Nam is in no position to judge the Vietnamese or to tell them how they should run their affairs."
From September till June last year, Theodore H. Eaton, professor of zoology on sabbatical leave, taught in the Universities of Saigon and Hue, Viet Nam, as a Fulbright exchange professor. He went to Viet Nam because the University of Saigon requested a zoologist, and because of his interest in the Orient.
"THEY WANTED HELP in developing laboratory work in zoology and needed texts written with emphasis on southeast Asia," he said.
Students were responsive and enthusiastic, Prof. Eaton said. The system is modeled on that of the French universities, and many classes are taught in French. But lectures are often given in English, and Dr. Eaton said he encountered no difficulties.
One of the staff acted, when necessary, as interpreter. Prof. Eaton recommends fluent French as an advantage in professional work of any kind in Viet Nam.
THE UNIVERSITY OF SAIGON at present is not on a single campus, but is scattered in several parts of the city in French
He said he hoped, as a biologist, to become acquainted with the surrounding forests and seacoast, but "the movement of American civilians was mostly restricted to the city, and it is not even safe for the Vietnamese biologists to go outside."
colonial buildings. A newly constructed campus on the outskirts of Saigon awaits use, but the area is not yet secure enough for occupation, Prof. Eaton said.
Prof. Eaton flew monthly to the University of Hue, at the northern end of South Viet Nam, to teach a course there. Many Americans are in South Viet Nam as teachers, advisors, construction workers, and so on.
"A CIVILIAN WHO GOES there is not necessarily in any danger. Of course, you have to use common sense about the places you go and things you do," he said.
The petition, signed by about 60 of the audience, will be sent to Governor William Avery and Robert Londerholm, Kansas attorney general.
To the Vietnamese people, "Americans are both welcome and unwelcome," Prof. Eaton observed. "We are not an unmixed blessing in Viet Nam. It is most important for any American who goes there to try to put himself in their position, not criticize the way they do things.
After Ehrenreich's speech and the ensuing debate, the psychologist answered questions from the audience on his lecture topic.
By CAROL DeBONIS
Hardin is Royal nominee
Cindy Hardin, Lincoln, Neb,
junior, will be KU's candidate for
American Royal Queen. The five-
foot, six-inch, brown-eyed brunette was selected from thirty-one nominees elected from the various campus living groups earlier this week.
MISS HARDIN, representing Pi Beta Phi, is a French major and possible law student.
"Of course, I'm thrilled; and will do my best to represent KU well in Kansas City," said the 20-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford M. Hardin. Hardin is Chancellor of the University of Nebraska.
EDITORIAL — Ehrenreich vs.
Campus Crusade For Christ, on
page two.
SPORTS—Jim Ryun to debut in varsity cross country, on page six. HOMECOMING—"Huskers Last Stand." on page three.
WIRE—Inez moving on Cuba.